April

April 1, 1883: "[O]n Brighton Avenue, near Boston, Mr. J.S. Dalton, the old wheelman and bicycling versifier, was thrown from his machine by the reckless driving of a man whose name he afterwards discovered to be H.F. Milliken. Mr. Dalton took legal action in the matter, with what result is to be seen." —"Wheel News." The Wheelman.June, 1883. p. 231.

July

July 2, 1881: U.S. President Garfield shot (he would die on September 19th.)

July 17, 1868: $7,200,000 appropriated to buy Alaska. [Source: Hill's Manual of Social and Business Forms​, p. 349.]

July 21, 1864: Frances Cleveland born. Frances served from 1886—89 and 1893—97 as First Lady of the United States of America; she was our nation's youngest first lady ever.

August

August 5, 1858: First Atlantic cable landed. [Source: Hill's Manual of Social and Business Forms​, p. 349.] Early transatlantic telegraph cables were insulated with gutta percha, a rubber-like material made from the sap of a tropical tree. Gutta percha was used for a wide variety of purposes, to read more about it see this article: http://atlantic-cable.com/Article/GuttaPercha/​. To learn more about the telegraph's massive significance to Victorian history, read Tom Standage's ​The Victorian Internet.

August 26, 1819: Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg born. He would marry Queen Victoria and become royal consort in 1840.

September

October

October 26, 1881: Shoot out near the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. (Despite the myths and legends, it actually happened in a lot by a nearby photography studio.)

October 31, 1841: Lavinia Warren born. She later married Charles Sherwood Stratton and became known as Mrs. Tom Thumb. She and her husband performed for P.T. Barnum's American Museum.

November

November 11, 1889: Washington state admitted to the Union.​

December

December 18, 1865: American slavery abolished. [Source: Hill's Manual of Social and Business Forms​, p. 349.]

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